Cannot start Need for Speed World....

[maanas29]

I am trying to run NFS WORLD on my laptop running.... Release 12.04 (precise) 64-bit ubuntu....i saw the APP DB....and tried to install it...

I was able to install Corefonts , Ie8 , Vcrun 2008 , dotnet20 (since its a 64-bit system i used WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=~/.wine32 winecfg and then env WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=~/.wine32 winetricks dotnet20 )
and i think they were installed successfully...

But whenever i try to install D3dx9 i get this msg ( Note: command 'cabextract -q -d /home/maanas/.wine/dosdevices/c:/windows/syswow64 -L -F d3dx9*.dll /home/maanas/.wine/dosdevices/c:/windows/temp/_d3dx9/*.cab' returned status 1. Aborting )

Now whenever i try to open the Gamelauncher.exe by right clicking..... open with Wine program Loader nothing happens...

Please Help....

[maanas29]

I have one more question...I have the D3dx10.exe setup which i downloaded for my dekstop...will installing that help?? Since its the new version will it work?? and if yes where should i install it...it asks for a path what should i choose...??

[dimesio]

You didn't mention what Wine version you're using. If it's not the latest development release, upgrade.

According to the AppDB howto, the only winetricks needed are dotnet20 and ie7. Delete the wineprefix and reinstall following those instructions.

[maanas29]

I'am using version 1.6....how to delete the wineprefix...i play age of empires on the lappy aswell so i cant delete the whole DATA just some specific things .....what should i do....

I watched this video to help me...i did exactly the same things as shown in the video but its not working for me....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=295Nq8Y7wwk

[dimesio]

The current development release is 1.7.11.

If you need to keep the existing wineprefix for other apps/games, install the game to a separate one. http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#wineprefix

[maanas29]

I installed ie7 and dx9...even now nothing happens...no error nothing...happens when i start the game....help plz dying to play

[ZombieRedShirt]

maanas29, if your game requires any version of dotnet, then you'll need to install that game to a 32 bit wine prefix. 64 bit simply won't allow you to install any kind of dotnet. There are instructions for that sort of thing on the winehq site, it's easy enough to search for and find. You can then use winetricks to install dotnet20 and whatever else you need.